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Introducing The Redwood Plan

Remember a few weeks ago when I was bummed out because Ms Led was stepping away from the scene and I wrote about how odd it felt to write an obituary for one of my favorite local bands?

Well, from the ashes of Ms Led comes The Redwood Plan, a sort of supergroup featuring the amazing Lesli Wood on vocals and the fierce bass groves of Jamie Hellgate (singer for H is for Hellgate). The two are joined by guitarist Sydney Stolfuss and drummer Betty ST.

While I was saddened about the departure of Ms Led, I would be lying if I said I wasn’t a little stoked too because I was really excited to hear what The Redwood Plan has to offer. While it may seem more than coincidental that Lesli has a new band so soon after Ms Led calling it quits, The Redwood Plan had nothing to do with Ms Led breaking up. Or at least that’s how I understand things. As Lesli mentioned in the interview, things sort of ran their course with Ms Led and the band members all decided to go their separate ways.

As for H is for Hellgate, I’m pretty sure they are still a band. In fact, H is for Hellgate is currently on tour and their next local show will be on Feb 28 at the Comet opening for “special guests,” according to the band’s Web site. Oh, it’s worth mentioning that when you click on “special guests” it pulls up a Web site for something called Redwood with an address of 514 East Howell Street. Anyone know what that’s about? My guess, and this is just a guess, is that this could be a surprise Redwood Plan show. Anyone know if that’s true?

Now that I’ve heard The Redwood Plan I am super stoked to get my hands on a copy of their debut EP and turn that sucker all the way up and rock out. I am also super stoked to see them live at the Sunset March 7 as part of a KEXP remote broadcast.